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G. 0. WRIGHT. WIRB FOB. FENCING.

Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

WITNESSES:

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UNr'rE STATES GEORGE O. WRIGHT, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO NORMAN S. BYRAM, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE FoR FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,256, dated March 2'7, 1894.

Application filed January 20, 1 8 94.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire for Fencing, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to produce a strong and somewhat elastic wire for fencing, and various other purposes; and it consists in first twisting a group of strands together in one direction, and then twisting other strands in the opposite direction around the first group so twisted.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a side elevation of a fragment of a wire formed in accordance with my invention, of substantially the size which I prefer to make it, and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged or exaggerated scale, on the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

In said drawings the portions marked a represent the two strands of the inner twisted portion of my improved wire, and b the strands of the outer portion.

As shown, and as above stated, the two inner strands a are first twisted together in an ordinary and well known manner, and the two outer strands b are then twisted in the opposite direction around the inner twisted Serial No. 497,528. (No model) wire, producing the structure shown. By this means I provide a very strong wire, and one which will be somewhat elastic or yielding under a strain, while, since the two groups of wires are twisted in opposite directions, one group will counteract the tendency of the other to untwist, and thus the twisted relation is perfectly maintained. In addition to these advantages, the resulting wire is of a neat and ornamental appearance.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A wire consisting of four strands, the two inner strands being twisted together in one direction, and the two outer strands twisted in the opposite direction around the structure formed by twisting the first two, substantially as shown and described.

2. A fence wire formed of several strands, the inner group of strands whereof are twisted in one direction, and the outer group of strands whereof are twisted in the other direction around the inner group.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 17th day of January, A. D. 1894.

GEoRGE o. WRIGHT. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

HENRY G. BYRAM, JAMES A. WALSH. 

